Safety valve



Feb. 6, 1945. CAVICCHIQLI 2,369,018

SAFETY VALVE Filed May 4, 1944 IN VEN TOR. M/m/a G9 u/ccw/ 04 YWJW Patented Feb. 6, 1945 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in safety valves especially for use in restaurant and other places using pressure water boilers and coffee urns.

The ordinary .valve, especially after long use, tends to freeze in its housing with the consequent exploding or collapsing of the boiler or urn. The frequency of such explosions especially in second hand coffee urns speaks for the necessity of improvements in safety valves.

An object of this invention is to provide a simple, effective and fool-proof safety valve which will function even though the valve freezes in its housing.

In the drawing forming part of this specification:

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation through the invention,

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

Referring to the dawing,- the valve includes an outer casing I adapted to be connected at its lower end 3 to a pressure boiler 4,'an inner casing 5 terminating in a shelf 6 provided with an open ing I, a valve-body 8 provided with a plurality of spaced openings 9 extending through it, a'core I0, said core terminating in valve seat II, said valve-body being adapted to slide in said inner casing 5 between said shelf 6 and the other end of the said casing 5, a valve I2, a valve stem I3 extending from said Valve inwardly in said core [0, and adapted to Slide in guide I4, 2, spring l5 adapted to keep said valve I2 normally in closed relationship with said Valve seat I I, a plurality of spaced ribs I6 connecting the said outer casing I to the said inner casing 5 and forming a plurality of spaced openings II between the walls of said casings, a diaphragm I8 extending across said ribs I6 and openings I1, a cover I9 having a plurality of openings 28 and an opening 2|, and a plurality of walls 22 extending downwardly and inwardly from the inside of said cover, said walls 22 forming a continuation of the Walls of casings I and 5, when said cover is in a closed position, to provide communication between the opening 2| and the openings in said valve body 8 and core I0, and to provide communication between the openings 20 and the openings I'I upon the rupture of said diaphragm I8.

In operation, when the predetermined pressure is reached within the boiler, the valve body 8 is forced upward permitting the steam to escape through theopening I, openings 9 and opening 2I to the atmosphere, until the pressure is reduced. Constant pressure will be maintained by the balancing of the valve body to permit the slow escape of steam. If a. vacuum is produced suddenly in the boiler, such as would result from feeding cold water into a hot boiler after the water had been emptied, the valve I2 is sucked in permitting the entrance of air to relieve the vacuum. If for any reason the valve body 8 freezes to the casing, or in case of a vacuum, valve I2 fails to function, diaphragm I8 ruptures, permitting the escape of steam through openings I! and 20 to the atmosphere, or the sucking in of air through said openlugs to relieve the vacuum in the boiler.

This invention is not limited to any particular physical embodiment, but on the contrary is susceptible of being expressed in difierent forms and structures, and certain of its features may be employed to the exclusion of others in view of the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:

A safety valve for pressure boilers, including an outer casing, an inner casing within the outer casing terminating at one end in a shelf provided with an opening, a valve-body having a plurality of spaced openings extending through it in said casing adapted to be closed by said shelf in one position of said valve-body, said valve-body being provided with a core terminating at one endin a valve seat for registering with the shelf opening.

said valve-body being adapted to slide to and from said shelf within said inner casing for opening and closing said spaced openings, a valve adapted to engage said valve seat, a valve stem extending from said valve inwardly in said core. a guide in said core for said valve stem, and spring means on said stem for keeping said valve normally in closed relationship with said Valve seat, a plurality of spaced ribs joining said outer casing and inner casing .to form a plurality of openings between the said casings, a frangible diaphragm covering said pluralitypf openings, a cover provided with a plurality of spaced walls extending downwardly and inwardly from the inside, said Walls forming a continuation of said inner casing and said outer casing when said cover is in assembled position, anopening in said cover communicating by means of one of said walls with said openings in said valve body and core, and a plurality of spaced openings in said cover communicating by means of the remaining walls with said plurality of spaced openings between the said outer casing and inner casing upon the rupturing of said frangible diaphragm.

MARIO CAVICCHIOLI. 

